i'm not saying this to bash or demonize or cast aspersion on tyler perry but there is a formula in this town that you could have used to make this process easier for you. there is a certain type of film that if you make it, the studios will throw money at you that you did not ask for. it will give you deals beyond the movies to do tv shows. negroes will turn out in droves to see them. there is a formula that makes money and it makes it easier to get your projects made because white folk will throw money at you to get the kind of story told. that is my statement, not yours. why take the road less traveled? why take -- engage a process that you know is going to be difficult to climb, the you know you're not getting money for. why do that? what drives someone to be their head against the wall when you know there is another way. there is another formula you could have employed. >> that is not a hard question at all. those things are valid. my mom loves the films. she knows i am thinking about her. she gets off a hard their work and she wants to enjoy something that is light and she should b